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Meeberrie is a homestead and station name in the Murchison district of Western Australia.〔''Countryman'' (Perth), 18 February 1988, p.28〕 The station is situated approximately north of Mullewa. It was the site of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake 29 April 1941 that is considered the strongest recorded on mainland Australia to date The Butcher family were the first leaseholders of the station and arrived from Victoria in 1876. The heritage listed station homestead was architect designed and built of local stone between 1917 and 1919. The homestead has an iron roof, a verandah surrounds the building and has two bay windows. A detached building with the jackaroo quarters, laundry and storeroom is found behind the main building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Heritage Database – Meeberrie Station Homestead Group )〕 The station occupies an area of of which is composed of reserves and crown land. The soil has a low level of erosion with 87% of the land being described as nil or minor. The perenniel vegetation condition is poor with 66% of vegetation cover being described as poor or very poor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Reports Appendix 1 )〕 In 1915, Alf Cream took 2350 sheep from the Butcher's Boolathana Station and drove them overland for nine weeks to Meeberrie. The journey should have taken five weeks but the country was waterlogged following twenty consecutive days of heavy rain. The Wooramel River had risen and the drovers had to wait nine days to cross. The current lessee is Laststar Investments, Meeberrie is operating under the Crown Lease number CL178-1966 and has the Land Act number LA3114/512. ==See also== *Earthquakes in Western Australia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meeberrie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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